
Rebecca Gilling
Actor · b. 1953
Rebecca Gilling (born 3 November 1953 in Castlecrag, Sydney, Australia) is an Australian actress. Her first acting role was in Stone (1974) but who came to prominence as the "bad girl" flight attendant Diana Moore in the feature film version of soap opera Number 96 (1974). Her next acting role was in The Man from Hong Kong (1975). Gilling went on to act in several television series. She was a regular support character in Glenview High (1977) and then played the key role of Liz Kennedy in The Young Doctors. Gilling later achieved international recognition for her role as the heroine, Stephanie Harper, in both the mini-series (1983) and subsequent series of Return to Eden (1986). She also appeared in The Naked Country (1985) and in TV series City West (1984), The Blue Lightning (1986), A Dangerous Life (1988), Danger Down Under (1988) and The Paper Man (1990).
Movies10
Movie6.6ActionCrimeAustralian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng from Hong Kong to question him. After the alleged criminal is assassinated, Inspector Leng and the Sydney police try to hunt down those responsible and hope to solve their case along the way.
The Man from Hong Kong
1975 · 61 votes
Movie6.0ActionCrimeAfter one of its members witnesses a political assassination, an outlaw motorbike gang becomes the target of a string of murders, prompting a cop to join their ranks to determine who is responsible.
Stone
1974 · 42 votes
Movie6.7ComedyDocumentaryAs Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock," a new underground of low-budget exploitation filmmakers were turning out considerably less highbrow fare. Documentary filmmaker Mark Hartley explores this unbridled era of sex and violence, complete with clips from some of the scene's most outrageous flicks and interviews with the renegade filmmakers themselves.
Not Quite Hollywood
2008 · 100 votes
Movie4.5ThrillerDramaFar North Queensland, 1955. Deep in the untamed frontier tough rancher Lance Dillon and his sensual, but bored wife, battle inhospitable nature to eke out a living from their cattle herd. When the aborigines kill the Dillon's prize bull a chase begins that will culminate in bloody tragedy with Lance pitted against Mandaru - an aborigine struggling to maintain his cultural way of life
The Naked Country
1985 · 4 votes
Movie6.7DramaActionHarry Wingate, a rugged adventurer, is hired by a gem collector to retrieve a priceless opal, known as "The Blue Lightning," from Lester McInally, a super-criminal with an army of killers operating in the Australian outback.
The Blue Lightning
1986 · 3 votes
Movie4.3DramaMusicThe film covers the conflict between a father and his son both being musicians. The father is the leader of a band making rock-music from the 60s but his son becomes a star of techno-pop music.
Heaven Tonight
1990 · 3 votes
Movie10.0DramaConflicts of interest arise when a country couple are visited by a couple from the city.
Feathers
1987 · 1 votes
MovieActionCrimeSimon Templar thwarts a Hong Kong syndicate's takeover of a businessman's Australian fun park.
Movie4.0ActionDramaThe story of an American horse-breeder living in Australia who is the single father of three sons.
Danger Down Under
1988 · 2 votes
Movie3.3Further adventures of the "Number 96" (1972) crew, on the big screen.
Number 96
1974 · 4 votes
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TV6.9DramaRich but insecure heiress Stephanie Harper believes she's found true love with tennis pro Greg Marsden, but after the nuptials, Greg promptly begins an affair with Stephanie’s best friend, Jilly Stewart. Whilst on their honeymoon, Greg pushes Stephanie into a crocodile-infested swamp, and he and Jilly watch as she is apparently mauled to death. However, Stephanie miraculously survives and travels to an island clinic where she undergoes extensive plastic surgery. Using her new identity, Tara Welles, and fortune, she plots revenge on Greg and Jilly, aiming to take back what's rightfully hers.
Return to Eden
1983 · 24 votes
TV8.0SoapDramaThe Young Doctors is an Australian early evening soap opera. The series was set in the fictional Albert Memorial hospital and primarily concerned with romances between younger members of the hospital staff, rather than typical medical issues and procedures. It screened on the Nine Network from Monday, 8 November 1976 until Wednesday, 30 March 1983.
The Young Doctors
1976 · 5 votes
TV9.0DramaThe Paper Man is a 1990 mini series about a fictitious media mogul.
The Paper Man
1990 · 1 votes
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Glenview High is an Australian television drama series produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Seven Network between 1977 and 1978. The show's title is a reference to the high school Glenview Park Secondary School located in Cambridge, Ontario.
Glenview High
1977